Question during installation

[cxs-user]

Once I asked if there was a package that could install everything—operating systems, packages, etc.—and I was told NO: 

But actually, I'm wondering what the second HVM package does... :

[duru19]

Hi,

I reviewed the packages shown in the download section.

The HVM Install 24.04 ISO is not a guest OS image and it is not the VM Essentials Manager appliance itself. It is the bootable installer used to install and prepare a physical server as an HVM host / hypervisor host, based on Ubuntu 24.04.

So, the packages should be considered separately:

HPE VM Essentials SW image ISO: used for the VM Essentials Manager / appliance layer.
HVM Install 24.04 ISO: used to boot and install the HVM host operating system / hypervisor layer on the physical hosts.
HPE HVM Upgrade Bundle: used for upgrading an existing HVM deployment, not for a fresh host installation.

Therefore, the previous answer may have referred to the older/manual deployment approach, or to the fact that there is no single package that installs the entire environment end-to-end. However, the HVM Install 24.04 ISO does simplify the host installation part, because it provides the bootable HVM host installer.

In short: yes, the second package is relevant for installation, but specifically for preparing the physical servers as HVM hosts. You would still need to deploy/configure the VM Essentials Manager separately and then create/provision the HVM cluster from the manager side.

I hope this has clarified the matter.

[duru19]

Hello,

Have you had a chance to review or test the issue? Could you please provide an update?

[cxs-user]

Yes, sorry for the late reply, and yes, that's exactly the answer I was hoping for. Thank you very much for confirming.

[duru19 · Accepted solution]

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